She is 5 and she likes dresses most. She also wants to choose the fabric involved in the dress making. With much treachery, coaxing and dissimilation, i eventually got her consent for the Petit Pan cotton and blue wool. the lace wa no problem: “it’s girly” so it was not an issue. The pattern was chosen among my stock of Oliver + S: it would be a playdate dress.
But one should not shout for victory too quickly. How could i be absolutly sure the kid would love to wear the dress? I had to find something, manipulate the kid in a subtle way in order to ensure the clothe’s sucess. Suddenly i remembered that she is 5 and that she loves buttons. Different shapes and different colours preferably. In short, odd. The devil take chromatic harmony! In the end i sewed four different buttons on the yoke. Mister Daruma, rather puzzled asked : “what’s this jumble of buttons on the front?”